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Podcast: The 7Th Generation Podcast
Episode: Billie Eilish, “Stolen Land,” and the Problem With Celebrity Worship
Description: In this episode, I unpack the controversy around Billie Eilish’s “no one is illegal on stolen land” moment and the reaction it sparked online. I also break down the two short videos I posted and why so many people misread my point, I wasn’t doing a personal attack, I was critiquing celebrity worship and the performative nature of award show activism.From there, we get into something deeper: why the right-wing backlash toward Billie has been unfair and ugly, and how conservatives keep recycling the same tired stereotypes to shut down conversations about Indigenous truth and disp...